My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rollercoaster of Friendship


My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rollercoaster of Friendship is a 2018 animated television special within Hasbro's My Little Pony: Equestria Girls franchise, itself a spin-off of the 2010 relaunch of the My Little Pony toy line. The special was directed by Ishi Rudell and Katrina Hadley, written and edited by Nick Confalone, and produced by DHX Media Vancouver for Hasbro Studios in the United States.
Premiered on Discovery Family on July 6, 2018, it is the second one-hour Equestria Girls special, following Forgotten Friendship and preceding Spring Breakdown, Sunset's Backstage Pass, and Holidays Unwrapped.

Plot

Rarity takes a summer job as a costume designer for a new amusement park. Meanwhile, the chief costume designer, Vignette Valencia, is once seen trying to have a salad, and when she tries to post a picture on social media, her smartphone sucks the salad into it, having enchanted with Equestrian magic without her knowledge. Vignette wonders how it is possible, and thinks it is a new feature. Rarity meets Vignette and designs costumes for a special parade at the amusement park. On the day of the parade, she invites her friends, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle. Vignette then decides to put up the Rainbooms on the parade.
When Fluttershy meets with Vignette, Vignette puts up her suggestion on Fluttershy's look for the parade. But Fluttershy disapproves of it and is teleported into the phone unexpectedly by Vignette. Applejack looks for Fluttershy, but cannot find her. Soon, Vignette puts up her suggestion on Rainbow Dash's parade look, but she disapproves it and is also zapped up into the phone. The two end up in a white place with the salad that Vignette sucked up in the beginning. Applejack then sees footage that exposes Vignette's true colours to her. She now looks for Rarity to warn her about Vignette but she does not believe her, which turns into a confrontation after Vignette denies any sort of such magical incidents, upsetting them both. In the mean time, she teleports Pinkie Pie, Sunset and Twilight when they disapprove of some over-the-top looks. They are all locked in the white place and meet Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, sharing each other's stories and trying to get out. Vignette prepares for the parade by projecting fake versions of the Rainbooms and designing them the way she wants. She then reveals her plan to Rarity and tries to teleport her, but got away
Rarity finds Applejack and tells her that they cannot let Vignette perform at the cost of losing their friends. They phone call their friends, and when Applejack opens a door, they find her friends trapped in a room in the park. Believing Vignette will teleport anything she does not like into the room, they head to the parade to stop her. All the Rainbooms use Equestrian magic to transform and destroy the phone. Vignette feels devastated, and tells that she did this because she had the philosophy of "BYBB". Rarity then explains that we must not be better at the cost of harming our friends. Vignette then reveals that despite having so many fans, she does not have any friends. Rarity and Applejack offer friendship, and things end on a happy note with the Rainbooms performing the song "Photo Booth" at the parade, led by Rarity and Applejack, and having loads of fun at the amusement park.

Cast

Featured Singers

Release

Rollercoaster of Friendship premiered on Discovery Family as part of its "Summer Surprises" programming block on July 6, 2018.

Home media and streaming

On YouTube, Hasbro's official channel released the special in five parts. Its first episode was uploaded on August 31, 2018 and its last episode on September 28. On October 1, 2018, the special was made available for streaming on Netflix in the United States alongside Forgotten Friendship.
Bundled with Forgotten Friendship, the special was also released on DVD on November 1, 2018 in the United Kingdom.